The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-29 00:00:00

WIKDSOR-(TUESDAY). This afternoon, at a quarter before five e'clock, her rblajesty left the Castle to take an airing in the park. The Queen rode on horseback, accompanied by her Royal mother, and at tended by Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Torrington, Baroness Lehzen, Major Keppel, Lady Mary Stopford, lion. A. Mur ray, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Sir George Quentin, and the Hon. Miss Murray. The following were of the Royal dinner party yestel day evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Ba roness Lehzen, Lady M. Stopford, Marchioness Normanl?y, Lady Gardiner, Viscount Melbourne, Major Keppell, Vis ecunt Torrington, Hon. Misses Pitt and Murray, Hon. Co lonel Cavendish, Hon. C.- A. Murray, Hon. Miss CareodlV, and Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonard's. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Schluter and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Cern- Wall, came to Cambridge-house yesterday morning, from Kew. TlN•ir Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afterno o n. The Bishop of Nova Scotia, Sir D. Hill, Sir Richard Bourke, Dr. Berry, from St. Helena, Mr. Thornlaw, and Mr. Browne, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. T. Drummond, Assistant Secretlry for Ireland, ar rived in town yesterday morning, from Dublin. Mr. Drum mond had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. The Earl of Minto has arrived at Liverpool, on his way to Scotland. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Knight, at the Hanover Hotel, Hanover-square, from Paris ; Air. and Mrs. Middleton and family, at the Talbot Hotel, Greer.-street, Grosvenor-square. DEPARTURES. Mr. Brown and family, from the Talbot Hotel, Green• street, Grosvenor-square ; Lord and Lady Rossmore, from ditto, for Dublin ; Mrs. and Miss Steere, frem ditto for Brighton ; Miss Hay and Miss Surtees, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Adkins, from ditto, for Dublin ; Lord and Lady \Vharncliffe, from Curzon-street, on a visit to the Queen Dowager, at Bushy Park ; the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M. P., for Perthshire; Lord and Lady Chetwynd, for their scat in Oxfordshire; Lord Dungannon, M. P., from Grafton-street, for Newcastle; Lord and Lady Rendlesham, for their seat in Suffolk ; the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, from Portland. Place, for their seat, Sheffield Park, Uckfield, Sussex ; Baron and Ba roness d e Vis►nes, for Brighton; Lord Stavordale, from Burlington -street, for Dorsetshire. CHANGES. The Marquis of Ormonde, at Butler House, Dublin, from Cheltenham • Lord and Lady Suffield, at Gordon Castle, 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, from their seat, Gunton Park, Norfolk; Lord James O'Brien, at the Baths, Tenby, Wales, from Bath ; the Duke of St. Al bans, at his seat Redburn Hall, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, from Southampton ; Lord Miltown, at Dublin, from Wolver lampton; Lord Worsley, on a visit to Lord Lovat, at Beau fort Castle, Inverness, from Aberdeen; Sir Phillip Durham, at Cheltenham, from Cowes, Isle of Wight; the Earl and Countess of Lismore, at Shanbally Castle, from Liverpool ; Lord Alfred Paget, on a vist to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, from Aberdeen ; Lord and Lady Muskerry, at Echo Lodge, Kingstown, from Dublin ; Lord and Lady Nor leYs, at Wytham Abcv, Abingdon, from Cowes, Isle of Wight; . 1 -‘dy Dacre, at Cheltenham, from the Hon, the family seat, tear Welwyn, Herts; Lord Duncan, at Chessel, on a visit to Lord ant: Lady Ashtown, from Leamington, Warwickshire. Lord Dinori3en left town for Kimmell Park early in the preceding week ; and, at its close, Lord Gardner left Bute-h ouse, i n South Audley szeet, for the same destination. A large party of sporting Noblemen and Gentlemen are ex pected there during the approaching season. The Duke arid Duchess of Northumberland still continued at Newcastle when the last letters left that place. The Earl of Minto has arrived at Liverpool, on his Way to Scotland. The Earl of Sandwich arrived in town on Monday last, from the Marquis of Anglesey's marine residence, West C owes Castle. His Lordship has come up to make the final a rrangements for the alliance with Lady Mary Paget. We Lear that the ceremony will take place about the sth of Sep tember next. Lord Crewe is passing the season at Crewe Hall, in Cheshire, enjoying the society of a few select friends. The Hon. William Barnes and Michael Cunning ham, Esq were amongst pa!sengers the who left London'yes terday morning in the Commercial Company's steam-ship the City of Boulogne, for Boulogne. General the lion. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., has returned to Chelsea Hospital from a tour. Sir George Warrender, Bart., Captain, and Mrs. t a u r render, an d a p ar t y arc p ass i ng th e season a t Clifden House, in Bu c ki ng h ams hi re. Lord and Lay Robert Grosvenor will leave their mansio n in Park-street to-morrow for Baden Baden ; thence they intend going to Milan for the winter months. The family of Lord Ashburton are still at The Oran ge , in Hampshire, where they intend to remain until the first week in October, and then return to Bath House, Pic cadilly, to make preparations fora Months. Lord Mostyn has arrived at Pengwern, St. Asaph, from Holywell, in Flintshire, where his Lordship will entertain a party of sporting friends in the ensuing month. The Hon. Francis George Molyneux has arrived at Fra nkfort-eh: -the. Maine. • he Queer', on the recommendation of the Eccle iasTtical Commission:l"s, by an Order in Council, has con tmed the appropr:ati m : of certain revenues of the See of ssiarbaalthe augmenta to t — lea of small Benefices within that Di ocese. Yesterday one of the workmen :If Messrs. Braith 'aite and Co., Eneineers, who was employe..l at a well on the s. Premises of the Countess of Bridgewater, in Grosv:. nor-square, edafortunately overbalanced himself and f e ll i n t o t h e a c p„,t ll of 120 feet. lie was taken cut lifeless. t bs Highness the Prince of Oude has left his resi ,,?ne in the R egent ' s P ar k on a tour to the manufactur i ng sostricts. The French Ambassador and Madame Sebastiani have lef t M anchester House for Mount Felix, the delightful villa of t h e i r Noble relative, the Earl of Tankerville, at Peter- Sa m. His E xce ll ency i s expecte d to pay a short v i sit to Paris at the close of September. f The Russian A m b assa d or h as rece i ve d d espatc h es f ro hat the heir 's visit to this apparent of the Czar, the Grand Duke Alex an a,: country has bee n p os tp one d s i ne di e . Th e and Duke and his extensive suite are still at Ems, and he Isufrering from indisposition, brought on by fatigue in travel ling from Hanover. The Ambassador will, therefore, shortly lev ee tow n on v i s i ts to h i s distinguished friends in the country. Petworth House, the magnificent house and grounds bequeathed by the late Earl Egremont to his son, Col. - . Georgew yndham, • undergoing extensive repairs and altera tions • Som e s pl en did k enne l s have been built to receive the Colonel has arrived from visiting his estates in Ireland, and is expected to take up his residence at Petworth in four or five Weeks. EXETER HALL.—Last night the Sacred Harmonic Society rehearsed, in the smaller hall of this establishment, the oratorio of " The Resurrection and Ascension," composed by Mr. Elvey, organist to the Chapel Royal Windsor. This Work is, of its kind, very short—not occupying more than an hour in performance. It is a masterly production, although not marked by originality of style, but breathing the spirit of the combined Handel and Mozart. In no respect does it incur the censure of dull imitation, vigour and spirit pervading it from first to last. The few airs which it contains are sirrple and expressive, while its choruses are powerful and frequently grand. It was well executed on this occasion, reflecting much credit on the Society fur its advancement in both vocal and in strumental skill. Further remark we must reserve for the Performance of the oratorio in the great hall. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—The author of the su ccessful far ce , M . P . f or t h e R otten Boronyh, Mr. Mark Lemon, la s t n i g h t produced another " new original farce, " C L lleed The Grey Doublet. The piece was got up with great ,r. ...reflecting credit on the management and the manager, great'Baker, who personated the good-humoured monarch with _ success. His efforts were well seconded by his page, Burnett, who was encored in a pleasing new ballad by r Romer. Simon Bung is among the quaintest of `Pron's pers onat i ons. Miss Poole made an engaging little Page,_ and s ang a sprightly ballad very effectively. en U r onas-LAws.—The question of the abolition of the which has engage d t h e attention of the more in . e gen t po r ti on o f the manufacturing populat;on for years, has to copse of th e high price of b rea d, resulting from the r. e Pect of a deficient harvest, acqui re d a more general and nse interest. It is now becoming evident to those farmers "an are able . to reason on the subject, that a system of restric ._ duties up to a c • • th certain point, so far from being a protection cm, will, most probably, tele. in the present year, prove their which The corn averages have nearly reached that point at 44d, itforeignis s grain can . be introduced at a mere nominal duty, certain that, in the all the old course of a few weeks, not only teatgrain at present bonded, but thousands of quarters are lying shipped in foreign ports, will be poured in to pete with the produce of our short crop. Nor is this all ; .siecaverages (which as they rise more slowly than tine market t e t , fall also more slowly) cannot be reduced in time to pre te_ enthe importation of a considerable portion of the new Con 'e al crop 1 With ill-filled barnyards and low prices, our tefarmers will be in an excellent condition, by the beginning of vvin ornt to . judge of the blessings they derive from the Corn -laws ! this subject, more anon.—Aberdeen Herald. A trial w as ma d e on S un d ay l ast, at Cherbourg, f eet the Gener a l Shipwreck Society's bombes-am arres, three vi e ree ln circumference—projectiles simi:ar to M an b y ' s ship. tb e li fe - preservers. The experiment of sending a cable to ;L:edistance of about 1,500 feet from the shore completely e_ded , in presence of Marshal Grouchy, the Admiral Pre feet Martinecq, the civil authorities, and a Committee of t:lor officers, named by the Prefect. In the absence o f i n. U .. edd e d e Laincourt, confined to his residence by severe Lr'gaole.'!ebs, the experim ent was di rected b y t h e C ount de Sarzana LITERATURE. REFUTATION OF THE MIS-STATEMENTS AND CALUMNIES CONTAINED IN MR. LOCK HART'S LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, RESPECTIAG THE MESSRS. BAL LANTYNE. London, Longman and Co., 1838. • In this pamphlet the Trustees and Son of the late Mr. James Ballantyne have successfully exposed several gross and unpardonable errors in Mr. Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott, as regards the personal and commercial character of two of the " Author of Waverley's" ear liest and most attached friends—the Messrs. James and John Ballantyne. Mr. Lockhart's fame as a respec ter of the feelings of the living or the memory of the dead was at no period of his literary career excessive—the epithet " good-natured" has never, we believe, been applied to any of his strictures, whether of a critical or a personal tendency ; and, therefore, there may be many whom it may not surprise to learn that he has dealt hardly end unkindly with the Messrs. Ballantyne ; but we nevertheless are of opinion that there are few, who, before reading this plain, simple, straight forward record of facts, could persuade themselves that the son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott could misre present, as he is proved to have done, the character and conduct of two excellent persons, who were the victims of the aristocratical ambition of his illustrious relative. We have neither space nor inclination to enter at any length into all the details of the connection between Sir Walter Scott and the Messrs. Bailantyne, though, in justice to the memory of all parties—and feeling confident that Scott himself, if alive, would resent as strongly as Mr. Ballan tyne's executors are disposed to do, any attempt to blacken the reputation of his old and trusty friends—we shall quote from the pages of the pamphlet, whose title is prefixed, suffi cient to put the merits of the question in a clear light be fore the public. We begin with the strictures upon Mr. Lockhart's first introduction of the Ballantynes to the readers of his biography of Sir Walter Scott : " But, before entering into the discussion of the various questions which arose out of the alliance of Sir Walter Scott with Mr. James Ballantyne, it may be proper, by way of intro duction, to notice here the mode in which Mr. John Ballan tyne is introduced by Mr. Lockhart to his readers; more especially as, by doing so, we shall at once convey to the reader a pretty accurate notion of the whole tone and temper of his bcok, and, at the same time, exemplify his negligence of facts, when they come into competition with his habitual straining after effect, at whatever sacrifice it may be obtained. " After stating that John was a younger brother of James, and had been originally bred to his father's trade of a mer chant' in Kelso, he continues—' But James's rise in the world was not observed by him (John) without ambitious longings; for he, too, had a love, and he at least fancied that he had a talent, for literature. He left Kelso abruptly for the chances of the English metropolis. After a short residence in Lon don, where, among other things, he officiated for a few months as a clerk in a banking house, the continued intelligence of the printer's prosperity determined him to return to Scotland. Not finding any opening at the moment in Edinburgh, he again tried the shop at Kelso; but his habits had not been im proved by his short sojourn in London, and the business soon melted to nothing in his hands. His goods were disposed of by auction for the benefit of his credikrs ; the paternal shop was closed; and John again quitted his birthplace under cir cumstances which, I shall show in the sequel, had left a deep and painful trace even upon that volatile mind." (Life, vol. ii., p. 196.) In this sketch of John Ballantyne's early history there is a laboured particularity, and seeming accuracy of spe cification, calculated to impose upon the reader, and to induce a belief that it must have been drawn up from detailed as well es authentic information. But a more erroneous notion could not possibly be entertained. " Mr. Lockhart's statement is inaccurate in almost every particular. Mr. John Ballantyne did not leave Kelso abruptly for the English metropolis;' he never officiated as ' a clerk in a London banking house ;" the continued intelli gence of the printer's prosperity' did not 'determine him to return to Scotland,' because it could not—James Ballantyne not having settled in Edinburgh until about seven years after his brother's return from London I It is is incorrect, there fore, that, not finding an opening in Edinburgh, he again tried the shop in Kelso,' he having made no attempt to find such opening' until nearly ten years subsequent to this period: his business in Kelso did not soon melt to nothing in his hands ;' and, lastly, it is not true that ' his goods were disposed of by auction for the benefit of his creditors.' The different assertions contained in this short extract are all groundless and imaginary, without the slightest foundation in fact, as Mr. Lockhart might have easily discovered by making the neces sary inquiries. From those of his contemporaries who still survive the truth could have been ascertained had the truth been wanted. " The father of the Messrs. Ballantyne, a man of unchal lengeable respectability, notwithstanding Mr. Lockhart's pal try sneer about his being a petty shopkeeper, carried on the business of a dealer in goods of all sorts, as was then usual with merchants in country towns. Being in easy, if not in affluent circumstances, the elder Ballantyne gave his sons a liberal, and what was then considered in the place, an expen sive education. But, as John was intended to follow the calling of his father, the latter, being desirous to afford him an opportunity of acquiring a more extensive and thorough know ledge of business than could be attained in a provincial town, sent him for that purpose to London, in the year 1794. This is what Mr. Lockhart has been pleased to describe as 'leaving Kelso abruptly for the chances of the English metropolis'— thereby insinuating that his departure was compulsatory, or caused by some discreditable occurrence. After spending about a year in London, John returned to Kelso in 1795, and was immediately admitted into partnership with his father. In 1797 he married, and the partnership was very soon after wards dissolved. But his father, at the same time, resigned to him one principal d e p artment of his business; and this John Ballantyne continued to carr y on until he left Kelso and came to settle in Edinburgh, in the year 1805. Hence, from the time when he left London until that when he settled in Edinburgh, he continued to reside as a merchant in Kelso ; and we therefore leave it to Mr. Lockhart to explain how the continued intelligence of the printer's prosperity,' who did not settle in Edinburgh until the y ear 1802, could 'determine' his brother John 'to return to Scotland' in the year 1795. This brief recital furnishes a pointed specimen of Mr. Lockhart's historical accuracy, when he professes to relate facts. Mr. Lockhart, in conclusion, informs us that 'John .Nn quitted his birthplace under circumstances w hich , I sh all 5 4 , / - in 1 ; , 1 7 sequel, left a deep and painful trace even upon - 4 We have searched in vain in the sequel' that volatile min— --e here so formally announced; and for the ominous disclose. --nnlete ignorance as to the we are therefore left in ca._ -oduced so 'deep and ' nature of the circumstances' which painful' an effact even !Tan the of J lm Bal -4v forll . lantvne. But, if Mr. Lockhart had no better autho.. promised revelation than for the other circumstances' abu, noticed, it must be admitted that for once he has exercised a sound discretion in omitting to fuffi his engagement." No eloquence—no literary reputation—can withstand the irresistible—the sympathetic impulse, which such a plain statement as the above must make upon the public mind. It will at once strike every reader that Mr. Lock hart's narrative as regards the Messrs. Ballantyne, is not only simply incorrect, but that it is studiously perverted with a view to create prejudices at the outset, which would serve an ill-natured purpose, when alluding to their business transactions with their and his illustrious friend, at a sub sequent period of their history. What that purpose was., as far as Lockhart could make it, is now a matter of' history. It was, in fact, nothing less than to encourage tl.e inference on the part of the public, that Sir Walter Scott, in con necting himself in business with such men as the Ballan tynes, exposed himself, despite of every exertion on his part, to inevitable ruin. We quote the answer which the friends of the Messrs. Ballantynes have given to this charge. It is cogent, and to the purpose : " It is true, that the rashness of Scott's literary schemes— the extreme imprudence of which his biographer has not at tempted to disguise—must have con s iderably embarrassed both himself and his partner ; but even these were net the cause of Scott's ultimate entanglements,' as Mr. Lockhart asserts in a subsequent part of his work ; the business of the printing house having been ample enough to conquer all the difficulties which sprung from that source. Neither was the unfortunate bookselling business—' begun,' as Mr. Lockhart most truly says, in the short-sighted heat of pique, and conducted with the extravagant folly of a raw speculator in the perilous trade of publishing'—in any way the cause of the embarrassments in which Sir Walter Scott became eventually involved. Even although it had, his biographer would not have been entitled to complain ; for it was entirely of Scott's own seeking. That concern was established to meet his own views at the time, he having a one-half share, and James and John Ballantyne one fourth share each, with a salary to the latter as manager. But, although the difficulties arising from the bookselling concern were troublesome at the time, they were not lasting. John Ballantyne, in his Memorandum'—which Mr. Lockhart quotes, but does not condescend to inform us how or by what means it chanced to come into his hands—attributes them in part to the most extravagant and foolish advances from its funds to the printing concern;' in other words, to the paying the accounts due for printing the unpromising' literary ad ventures in which Scott rashly embarked, and which have been pretty correctly enumerated by Mr. Lockhart himself. " But even the bad stock—and none could possibly be worse —accumulated in consequence of those rash and ill-judged speculations, was, in the end, disposed of upon advantageous terms; the house met all its engagements ; and Sir Walter, who ultimately became the sole creditor, paid even himself in full, with a balance of a thousand pounds.' What, then, it has justly been asked, becomes of the ruin which John W Ballantyne had entailed upon Sir alter, if, after all the wild speculations in which Scott had involved the young and starred concern, he was paid in full, and a thousand pou nds more?' To every reader of Mr. Lockhart's work it must be as clear . as noonday that Sir Walter Scott's embarrassments did not s p rin g from his connection with the Ballantynes, either as printers or booksellers, but originated solely in his ambition to become a landed proprietor, and to endow a family,' before he had ac quired the means of effecting either upon any sound or secure foundation. And it is equally evident that Mr. James Ballan tyne was eventually ruined by Sir Walter Scott—rendered penniless at a time when he ought to have been able, if so inclined, to retire with a handsome competence. If Sir Wal ter Scott had never been connected with James Ballantyne in business, but had contented himself with extending his patron age to his old schoolfellow, it would have been infinitely better for . both parties. Mr. B a il a ntyne would, i n th a t case, have realized a respectable fortune ; and Sir Walter would have escaped the temptations presented by tho facilities of a mer cantile copartnership to raise money for the purchase of lands for which he had not otherwise the means of paying." The carrectuess of this statement is clearly proved by extracts !rorn documents of the very highest authority_._ documents to which Mr. Lockhart had free access. But upon this point, perhaps, no authority twill bs dcemed cqu to that of Scott himself, whos2 testimony is thus invoked by the friends of the Messrs. Ballantyne : " Sir Walter Scott, however, expressed himself in a very different spirit towards his old friend and his companion in mis fortune. When his ' hour of distress darkened about him,' be sc:'med to take a particVar pleasure in reside; justice to one who had borne prosperity with moderation, and now proved hint_ self ready to encounter alive; sity with fortitude. In Di ary, under Diar, under date the 17th of January, Sir Walter writes, James Ballantyne called this morning, good honest fellow, with a vissagc as black as the crook. lie hopes no salvation has, ineed, taken measures to stop. It is hard, after having fought such a battle.' Again he says, Ballantyne beha ve d lik e him. sell; and SINKS TUE PROSPECT OF lIIS OWN RUIN IN CON TEM PLATING MINE.' Again, in a letter to Mr. Lockha r t hi ms( l l written a few days after the insolvency was phli e ly k nown i t : Edinburgh (20th of January, 1826), he declares-4 I HAvE BEEN FAR FROM SUFFERING BY JAMES BALLANTYNE. / OWC it to him to say, that his DIFFIcuLTIEs, as well as his advantages, are owing to ME.'" The pamphlet contains two letters addressed by Mr. Lockhart to Mr. James Ballantyne, co nce i ve d i n terms of sincere respect and friendship, requesting to he furnished with reminiscences for a biography of his father-in law. Poor Ballantyne was then on his death-bed, and though he knew that his end was hourly approaching., he exerted his remaining strength to collect and arrange anecdotes of his friend Sir Walter. We will not quote these letters, that we may spare the writer of them the mor tification of repeating the hope expressed in the commen tary upon them. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LOUIS XIV. Vols. 111. and IV. BY G. P. R. J4mEs, Es( 2 . London, Bentley, 1838. Mr. James's Historical Sketches of the Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth—the greatest actor of Royalty that the world ever saw—are here brought to a conclusion. The work is one which reflects credit upon its author, as its wide circulation cannot fail to do upon the literary taste of the age. Having, however, endeax oured to do justice to its literary merits on the appearance of the first volumes, we shall rest satisfied with strongly recommending it as a book pre-eminently worthy of a place in every gentleman's library. The portraits with which it is embellished are very beautifully executed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAM RACES-VI:STRADA r. It is seldom that we have known these popular and well.eon ducted races commence under such favourable auspices in one very material respect, viz., the weather, which, and it is a novelty in the Egham race week, was delightfully fine. The company, al though somewhat less numerous than had been anticipated, was highly respectable, many having travelled either by the Western Railway to Slough, or the Southampton one to Weybridge, from both which places the means of continuing the journey to the course were obtainable. The Stewards were the Earl of Albe marble, Henry Seymour, Esq., and W. J. Denison, Esq , M.P., Mr. Clark, of Newmarket, officiating as Judge, and Mr. Hibburd as Clerk of the Races. An adequate police force (under Inspector Hughes, A division) was provided for the maintenance of order, and everything done towards furthering the comfort and amuse ment of the spectators, that judgment and liberality could dictate. Besides many other fashionables, whose names we were unable to collect, we noticed the Earl of Albemarle, Earl Waldegrave, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord G. Loftus, Lord C. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Rous, Hon. P. and Mrs. Pierrepoint, Hon. W. Fitzroy, Sir G. Hcathcote, Sir J. Gibbon, Col. and Mrs. Chaloner, Col. Bouverie, Col. Salwey, M.P., Capt. Gardner, Capt. Seymour, Messrs. Mitchell, Dolphin, Worrall, J. llunter, Percy, Bishop, Bulkeley, Somers, ALP., H. Aston, &c. The following are particulars of the races:— The Gold Cup, of 100 soya. value (in specie), by Subs. of 10 SOTS. each ; for three- yr- olds, 7st ; four yrs, Sat 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs. and aged, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 600 soya., if demanded, &c. Two miles. (10 Subs. ) Sir G. Ileathcote's Tawney Owl, 3 yrs. Chapple 1 Captain Williamson's Alervan, 4 yrs. Mr. V. Dolphin's The Skater, 5 vrs It was at first understood that foothill would start, and, on the strength of it, 5 and 6to 4 was betted agst Tawney Owl. The fear of a claim, however, led to Toothill's withdrawal, and to 10 to 6 being betted on Tawney Owl agst the field, the horses walked for more than 200 yards, after which The Skater took the lead at a gentle pace, Mervan lying second, and Tawney Owl last till they reached the last turn, when Tawney Owl went in front, made run ning at a rattling pace, kept in front to the end, and won by three lengths. A good race for second. The Two-vr-Olds Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts Bst 51b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. Winners 31bs extra. Half a mil'. (4 Subs.) Mr. Dixon's, ch. f. by Langar . - Sir G. Heathcote's br. f. by Sultan 2 to 1 on the Langar filly, which made all the running, and won cleverly by a length. Plate of 40 sovs. given by the Members for the Western Division of the County of Surrey, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; three years old, 6st 121 b ; four years, Set 71b ; five years, 9st ; six years and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs. if demanded, &c. Two mile heats. Mr. J. Day's Zethus, aged Chapple 2 1 1 Capt. Williamson's Mervan, 4 vrs. Mr. S. Stanley's ch. f. Willesden, 5 yrq First heat-6 to 4on Willesden. Zethus made the running, fol lowed by Mervan to the distance, where he challenged, and after a fine race won by a head. Second heat-6 to son Zethus, who made strong running, and won in a canter, Mervan having pulled up some lengths before he reached home. Entry for the Queen's Plate (Thursday)—Mr. Theobald's Loutherbourg, - Mr. Dolphin's The Skater, Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo, Captain Oardnor's Toothill, and Mr. Robertson's Olympic. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NE TVMARKET JULY MEETING, 1839. THURSDAY. The Buxton Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts, Bst Clb and fillies Bst 41b, then two years old; untried horses o r mares ' allowed 31bs. T. Y. C. Duke of Grafton's f. by Jerry, out of Dublin (31bs); Lord Ta vistock's c. Taurus, out of Plaything (m. tint ); Lord Lichfield's c. by Belzoni, out of Zillah. FIRST SPRING MEETING, 184 O. —2IIo.rD A The Crescent Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b, then two years old ; untried horses or mares al.. lowed 31bs. T. Y. C. Lord Lichfield's f. by Langar, out of Sister to Portrait ; Lord Tavistock's f. by Taurus, out of Plaything (n. tint.); D u k e o f Grafton's c. by Bentley, out of Oxygen (h. untried). Mr. Bowes's br. f. High Pressure, and b. f. Cachuca, ist 71b each, agst Mr. Cooke's br. c. Chamean, Bst 71b. D.M. 200, h. ft. CRAVEN MEETING, 1841.-310Nn A The Twenty- wyenth Riddlesviorth Stakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft. for the produce of mares covered in 1837; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, B,it 4113. Ab. M. Untried stallions or mares allowed 31b; if both, lb*, Mr. Thornhill's c. by Mai out of Mustard ; Mr. Thornhill's c. by Emilius, out of Maria ; Lord Lichfield's ch. f. by Langar, out of Sister to Portrait; Lord Lichfield's oh, c. by Ishmael, out of Lioness (both unt.) ; Lord Lichfield's ch. c. by Langar, out of Miniature ; Mr. Osbaldiston's b. c. by The Saddler, out of Lady Elizabeth, 51bs ; Mr. Wreford's c. by Sultan, out of Monimia; Lord Jersey's f. by Salton, out of Trampoline; Colonel Peel's ch. f. by Sultan, out of Garcia, TITYSDAY, Eighth Tuesday Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sous, each It, ft., for the produce of mares covered in 1837 ; cults, Bst 7lb ' and fillies, Bst 4lbs. D.M. Untried stallions or mares allowed 31bs. ; if both, bibs. Lord Exeter's b. e. by Sultan, out of Velvet ; Mr. Watt's b. c. by Voltaire, out of Nicotris (m. unt.) ; Lord Chesterfield's b. f. by Sultan, out of Rowton's dam ; Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Sultan, out of Margellina ; Duke of Portland's c. by Mundig, out of Thebes (h. unt.); Duke of Portland's f. by Glaucus, out of Tra gedy (b. unt.) ; Colonel Peel's b. f. by Sultan, out of Ilestor (n. unt.); Colonel Peel's ch. f. by Sultan, out of Garcia ; Lord Jer sey's c. by Buzzard, out of Alea wit.); lArd Jersey's f. by Sultan, out of Trampoline. WEDNESDAY. The Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. ; for colts, Bst 11b ; and fillies, Bst 41b, then three yrs. old. Those by untried stal lions, or out of untried mares, allowed 3 lbs. ; if both , 51b. Mr. ' Bowes's ch. f. by Velocipede, out of Mundig' s dam ; Mr. Osbaldeston's f. by The Saddler , dam by Granby (Mb); ' U r' Osbaldeston's e. by The Saddler, out of Lady Elizabeth (51b); Mr. Batson's f. by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia (h. un tried) ; Duke of Portland's c. by Plenipotentiary, dam by Reveller (51b);, Duke of Portland's f. by Pantaloon, out of Souvenir ; ch. f. by Sultan, out of Garciaby sultan, out of Hester (31b) ; Col. Peel's br. c. by Camel, out of Versatility ; Lord Suffield's f. by Plenipotentiary, out of Albania (51b) ; Col. Anson's c. by Physician, out of Louisa (h. untried) ; Lord Ches terfield's b. f. by Sultan, out of Rowton's dam ; Lord Chester- Col. Peel's field's b. c. by Ishmael, out of Arcot Lass (h. untried) ,• Lord GhCs terfield's b. f. by The Colonel, out of Peri ; Lord Ch esterfield s br. f. by Ishmael, out of Arachne (h. untried) ; Lord Chester field's b. f. by Ishmael, out of Charity (31b); Lord Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Green Mantle ; Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, ou t of Velvet ; Mr. W. Edwards 's b. f, Miss W. Edwards, by Doctor Syntax, out of Destiny; Lord G. Bentincies b, f. by Physician, out of Camarine (51b) • Lord Tavistock's f. by Tamil:, MO of Plaything (31b) ; Lord ' Tavistock's b. c. by Taurus, out of Oak Apple (m. untried). AQUATICS. • a for WATERLOO-BRIDGE REGATTA.--The fifth annual col.pc-- a wherry and other prizes, given by the ladies and gentlemt inhabitants o f St. J o h n . L am b et h , too k p l ace yes t e rday. It was confined to the watermen plying at Waterloo-bridge stairs, amongst whom, as a competitor, was W, Watts, the unsuccess ful candidate on Monday, in the great racy at Putney. T h ‘' match was with six pairs of sculls in three heats, the two first men of the first heat, and the two first men of the second, being in the grand beat. The following men had been entered : First heat, R. T. Barrow, red; W. Watts, yellow; W. Ray" den, pink. Second heat, G. Franks, blue ;W. Creeds, black; Edward Stevens, green. The distance was to start from Wa terloo-bridge, round Maudsley's Road, dunn the north shore to Corey's craft, return up to ['cache's Road, and fidsh at Waterloo-bridge. At half.past six, yellow, pink, blue, and black, as the winners of the two preceding heats, started fur the grand heat. They went away very prottily, but Watts directly afterwards got the lead and maintained it throughout, in comi ng aga i nst t i de, an:l never l os t It. pink was second up Watts looked by far the best man, but only won by three lengths. sin, D LACY EvANs M.P.—This gallant offi cer, accompanied by Lady evans, has left town far the 09th of France, from whence he proceeds to Madrid, to pay his re spects to the Queen Regent ; and, also, to urge t h e c laims of the Legion on the Spanis Government. We wish him success. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y, AUGUST 29, 1838. THE NATIONAL CHURCH. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD BROUGHAM. MY LORD—The position which your Lordship occupies in the public mind, and the extraordinary talents which you pos sess, has induced me to select you as the medium of giving publicity to my sentiments on matters of great iminrtance, affs.cting passing events, and things in which }our Lordship takes a peculiar interest. Your Lordship possesses an awful influence over the people of the United Kingdom —an in. which rosy he exerted either for good or evil, just is that proporth,n io you are led to adopt a right cr wrong course. It may seem the height of presumption in rue, un obscure individual in hunrble life, to attempt to direct a mind so mighty as yours int) the adoption of right principles of action; but, as in religion so in morals, the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, it may be that an in ferior mind may teach lessons of truth and justice; and he is truly great who can condescend to receive instruction front the weak and lowly. The times are, my Lord, the most extraordinary intrina ble; the kind Providence of God has at length brought' us to the world's great period, when the principles of truth and justice must prevail, and happy in the eyes of posterity will be esteemed that spirit that shall take the lead in so glorious an en'erprise. Above all things it is now important that the human mind should be fully instructed in what those vital principles consist which will finally rule the destinies of society. Suffer me, my Lord, to suggest my opinions upon a matter of all others the most important at this crisis of our nation's his tory--the principles of religious liberty as they appear in the Gospel. 0, my Lord, this is a matter of tremendious im portance at this juncture, and I conjure your Lordship, as you value your accountability to your Maker, and your duty to your Royal Mistress, whose councillor you are, that you let no consideration divert you from an honest and honourable line of conduct in this weighty matter. The genius of Christianity, my Lord, will not admit of a national appropriation of its prin ciples; it is essentially anti-national in its character and object, and must necessarily be abused by any earthly admixture, being exclusively spiritual. Nothing, my Lord, but a special revelation of the mind and will of God in the matter could justify the creature in the adoption of a system that must ne cessarily interfere with religious freedom ; and of any such • revealed will the New Testament Scriptures are happily silent. A monopolizing Church, my Lord, is an evil of great magnitude, because it interferes with that to which the human mind attaches—and very properly so—the greatest impor tance; and that, and liberty of conscience, cannot coexist. The present conflict of principle, my Lord, on this question, will in its consequences shake the throne on which your Royal Mistress sits to its foundation; indeed nothing short of a separation of the unchristian and adultrous union of Church and State, can prevent a terrible collision of parties. Her Ma jesty, as the head of a particular Church, and as the champion of a sect, wears her crown contingent upon the fortunes of that Church and sect ; and the same interest which in the plenitude of its power called to the throne of these realms a member of the House of Brunswick, may in its adversity be found too feeble to retain them ; and I pray, my Lord, that you may be led to see the full force of this argument. I am, my Lord, your very humble servant, A FRIEND TO TRUTH AND JUSTICE Chatham, August 28. GERMANY. Mammal, AUG. 20.—The humiliation of the smaller Ger man states, even of Bavaria, is making rapid progress. The influence of Prussia and Russia becomes more piercing every day, and Austria, instead of energetically supporting those who look to her for counterbalancing the baneful success of those two powers, is satisfied vt ith her stationary system, and a quiet survey of what is going on ; though it is plain t o e v er y observer, th at b y h er apathy she herself is continually losing ground in Germany, without increasing thereby the indepen dence of the minor states. Prussia has long since extended her secret police and spy system all over Germany, and inces santly arrogates to herself a sort of dictatorship, which enters even into the purely dornestc affairs of the other countries, who either tamely submit, or soon are coerced into compli. ante for want of sufficient support. But if every true patriot must behold with more than sorrow the Prussian domination and our declining independence, his indignation must be roused to the highest degree by the really abject manner in which homage is paid now also to Russia. If it was not publicly mentioned by our " Censured" papers, if', moreover, it was not quite openly put into execution, it could and would hardly be believed that orders have been given to all the Poles who so journ at present in Germany, at our watering places or else where, to remove to ten leagues distance from their actual place of residence, if either his Russian Majesty or the here ditary Grand Duke Alexander should choose to pass through it ! The whole of this measure appears the meaner and the more revolting, as the Poles in Germany receive no support of any kind from our governments; but being generally of good family and good ineome, are only spending their money here. What in the meantime has been transacted at Toeplitz has not yet transpired. From all I can learn the principal conference hal been between the Czar and Prince Metternich, and there is reason to believe that the Russian plans have been strongly opposed, and, moreover, greatly altered by the latter, who is too experienced an old statesman to be duped by St. Petersburg intri g ue s. So eager has Nicholas b een to ga i n over Metternich' to his views and intentions, that at five o'clock in the afternoon, when the Prince's carriage was al ready coming to the door to leave Toeplitz, his Majesty again called upon him and kept him in conversation till three o'clock in the morning. At all events, it is considered certain that Russia neither can nor dare act in open opposition to Austria on any great question, whatever she may do secretly. The King of Prussia and his Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron lWorthen,tsa of e d c w eit ua ppear only to have played a subordinate part, a o moreover,Toeplitz, t n h o o t ug t to theyb be much p_ tainly were there p rinci p all y on an errand q ui te different from that of the Russia ns. Th e present state of affairs in Prussia affords by no means a sinecure to the Berlin cabinet ; b y their violence a gainst the sersd their fiddle, own a successnd seem, a t who in purely religious questions and mat ters o f A and by their general intolerance against the Catholics, amounting,Cviaiitch)rilsccoLrisschi°ffePnescn'e would not submit to his Majesty's ordi nances, ton Ina spublicta to about five millions of souls, a passive resistance, they have called forth among the Catholic population, e c ' a e n ry be d given itself very strongly. Prince William, like Prussia, increasing generally y d i tsttlree expressiongtliening feeling, if it be b opposed to Government ; but in the present was lately sent on a tour through the Rhenish Provinces and Westphalia to ascertain the public but the reception he met with almost everywhere was recline' ; such as no Prussian Prince ever met with before. On getting out of the steamer at Co . logne, he was, instead of the formerly stereotype " Vzvat Prince William," received with Long life to our imprisoned Archbishop !---long almost in s e t o a s instance second t d is son o m u m anifesting i the f e st i Rini,n &c. The same was repeated afterwards in the shouts —Clement Augustus !—our Archbishop we will have re instated," &e• city,ne carnival when J ac k Pudding m makes his and hisses were hear d in every direction. A larg e group oa b gathered, shouting, " Eli! that fellow has a big nose," a acant phrase f the Col appearance. The evening after fire-works were to be let cff by the military, but the Prince bolted at three o'clock in the t he whole of the Westphalian nobility an d gentry, afternoon, an d the official fire dis p la y was co untermanded. At M u nster k e pt away from the city during his stay ; nor , e b ut the who used to flo ck into town and p a y their court on such occa sions,aiivlauthorities and the military officers, as in duty bound, came near him ; and even from some of them be did riot get the most satisfactory addresses. At a military parade the but the spec not a hat was moved, and the people even continued tators ce could stand. He addressed the people, corn smo in Pr • soldkieirnsgsthhoeuitrepdipthees beforeconim comman Loyal ded e hurrah Highness,• " w is hich is eon. sidered a great mark of disrespect Prussia. This was more e th a l e of P l i i i i n s cold reception, made all sorts of fine protests- Pt i l E ) lll a, but the hats would not come off, nor the pipes cease to p erfume the a ir, a " vivat" being, of cou rse , entirely out of t h e questien. Similar sentiments were exhibited on the birth day, the ad of August, when a bust of his :sty in a public hall was found covered with assafzetid a , which r in German is called tegfelsdreck (devil's excrement). Our newspapers mention very little of all these things, be piese tire eenaors will not, and dare not, l e t 1 . 115,1 atn)liling of the sort ; only a Leipaic journal has been graciously permitted to relate parts of them, but the public is well aware of the whole. M all events, the Berlin Government have of late received lessons enough that they dare not trample upon the religious rights and lihertiez of the pople, Without judge or jury (for the trial by jury is the law of the land in the Rhenish provinces) they have dragged away the Archbishop of Cc logne and his chaplain, and imprisoned them in distant for tresses; they have, indeed, in public proclamations, though wisyly not befo:p a Court of Justipe brought chafge of high trea,ion agai na t the venerable Prelate, but afterwards have been obliged p u bli c l y to a d m i t i t to b e false ; nevertheless, the e old man is kept lo c k e d u p at Mi n d en. S uc h i s P russ i an jus tice to C a th o li cs who w i ll not betray their religion ; but the slumberi ng sp i r i t of the Catholics has been reused by this violets , aml w h en in January the Qovarnment intended ar resting a not h er pr i est at Coblent;, thousands gathered b e f cre the house, hands on the man to the and s wore w h oever wante d to l a y should fi rs t pass over their corpses. Word was sent neighbourin g v il; agers to hurry into town at the first sound cf the v tocsin, arme d w i t h seythes, pitehfor l iis, so tha t his Excellency Baro n 13 o d e lschwingh thought prudent to desist from arrestin g a clergyman who never has meddled wills poli tics, and whose whole offence consists in being very popular, and at the same time a warm adherent of the imprisoned MTh. bishop. —Mu m ing Ch ronicle, The merchants and traders of the City have enabled Exchang e t o the Com m i ttee appointed to forwar d t h e b u ildi n g o f the new the supe r i ntendence of Mr. Her b er, surve y or of hat - Majesty's the into a contract with Mr. W. Cu bit Y , Uncl e ; Excise, f or t h e erection °fa su i ta bl e cover i n g in the quadrangle of the Excise buildings, in which the m erchants will be enabled t o carry on business. Th e woo d en building has been commenced, and will be finished in three weeks. It co ve r s 4 space of 10 0 f eet by 40, exclusre o f a covere d way that will be erected at t h e eastern entrance. Th e C o mmittee intend having a fl .."'"ed footway under the building, and lighti n g it with gas. b° Niatiat.plaze w a s the scene of , SAL op E xi - v ,;IFE,-011 Thursday mornina, I V, the upper end of Lought4ouglt much confusi on an d di stur b ance , ar ising , from the expectation of the " sale of a wife," near the Boot Inn, A large crowd of persons had assembled about eleven o'clock, as the audience on the occasion— a person named Quorndon, the auctioneer to the alternative of going home and proprietor—and his wif e , the party about co be s'old. Thro fi 1 .... N .nte - f kreno. , , }mower, 'a . kl4rris, the Polii-le, man, this singular exhibition was prevented, the lady being subjected consigned t o t h e lock - up . q uietly, or being MRS. NORTON AND THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW. Sir,—l h are just read, with some astonishment, a very long, very coarse, and very violent attack u;:ou mein the British and Foreign Quarterly, apropos of . the discussions of the talents' Custody Bill, the introJucton of my name being prefaced by the following fl nitish —. " Nuts that w e have here folldived the plan of thine base inuendo-rnsking dast,irils who dare make insinuations against ;-, , ersons wham they dare not anerwards substaetiate, bat hal every realco to believe were false at the time they male t' eat, v:e are certain readersthat th of the British and Foreign Rev i ew will nit for an instant suppose. We abhor all such conduct." How far such co n d uc t ma y b e abliored I know not, but this is pre cisely what has been done in the article referred to. In asserting in your title-page that f am the authoress of a Stat6ment y• the Wrongs of Women, you hive printed and published a direct falsehood. Your " wish" may base been " father to the thought" that I was the author, but I am not. I did not write it ; I have never even tead it; nor knew of its existence till I saw it named in your Review. In asserting that I have, as a " renowned agitatrice," dr culated a work on " sexual equality," you have printed and published another falsehood. Nothing I have ever written, nothing I have ever said, will bear cut the assertion that such are my sentiments ; on the contrary, in my novel of The Wife you will find precisely the contrary argument, with your fa vourite Milton quoted in support of it. I believe the beauty and devotion of a woman's character mainly to depend on the consciousness of her inferiority to man, and that the greatest suffering a right-minded and pure-hearted woman can feel, is unable to respcct and look up to her husband. Had you read the pamphlet on the mother's claim, from which so many twisted and misquoted fragments are taken, you would have found in it no violence (although so much violence has been lavished upon me), nothing that militated against the religious duty a woman owes her husband, or the inferiority of the po sition she is intended to occupy ; not a line that the purest woman who ever writhed under unmerited slander need have been ashamed of writing. In asserting that that pamphlet was written with the assis tance and advice of Sergeant Talfourd ; that his measure was framed and brought forward in consequence of our being " intimate friends," &c., you have printed and published another falsehood. However proud I might have felt, had Sergeant Talfourd considered me of sufficient ability to be his coadjutor in any literary task, your assertion that he did so is false, fur this simple reason, that I was oat then so fartuntve as to have made his acquaintance. It may suit the opponents of this measure to ride it out on the strength of the prejudice they can create against me, and to throw other cases into the shade; but the notes for my pamphlet were made before I knew that I ever should have a direct and personal interest in the subject; they were made on the case of Mrs. Greenhill, whose story and whose petition are so carefully slurred over by the writer of the article in your Review ; and after the intro duction of Sergeant Talfourd's Bill, an abridgement, alluding to that measure, was cirdtilated, composed principally of se htetions from the original pamphlet (as the article in your Review was composed from selections from a pamphlet against the Bill, privately distributed amongst the Lords). That person in my position, parted from her children (the eldest not seven years old), should take an interest, a deep and bitter interest in "the Infants' Custody Bill," nas natural, was in. evitable: that Sergeant Talfourd, with his acknowledged in tellect and noble character, should bring forward an important public measure, disbelieving in its justice and utility, merely do gratify the caprice of a complaining woman, is an idea tco ridiculous to have entered the mind of Any but the Orlando Furioso who wrote the attack in your Review. In asserting or insinuating that the delay i n the progress of the Bill arose from " the Norton negociations taking a more favourable turn," you have printed and published another absurd falsehood. The delay was, as I believe, to improve the details of the Bill ; and for my own part, did it please God to restore my children to-morrow, I should still feel the deepest anxi:dy for the success of that measure. My interest in it did not begin with my own misfortunes, and will not end with them. I should still think it a gross injustice that a mother may be prevented from nursing, or even from gaining intelligence of her sick and dying child, by the caprice of an angry husband; I should still think it a gross injustice that a man may forsake his legitimate wife for a mistress, her innocent legitimate child into the care of ths' in the case of Skinner v. Skinner) and 1.1 3 : Znglish law have no remedy for such a wrong. For any answer to the arguments on the ostensible and nominal subject of the article in your Review, (namely, the Bill itself), thi s i s not t h e place. For anything I know' the House of Lords may decide next session that Sergeant Tal fourd and the great majority of the House of Commons who supported him are fools, and know not what they aee doing ; that so likewise are s uc h o f t h e L ords who support Lordb Lyndhurst, as well as Lord Lyndhurst himself (though he fits been twice Lord Chancellor of England, and has owed that position not to the adventitious aid of circumstances, but simply to the superiority of his own natural talents); and that the only true, wise, or great man is the writer of the attack in the British and Foreign Review. But I feel called upon for a contradiction of the four or five distinct false hoods which have been published respecting myself, as silence might seem to admit that what you have stated is no more than the truth. I declare all those assertions to be false, and consequently the vehement abuse and contemptuous argu ments founded on those falsehoods, are so many misrepresen tations. I contradict them thus openly, because I perceive a cunning and plausible att em p t , as I h ave already said, to create a prejuitect against th e 13111 b y m i x i ng up my affairs with its discussion. Yuu have said that I " courted publicity." It is attacks of the nature you have made on ma which force that publicity. It would no doubt suit the author of that article, and other known or unknown foes, that I should always preserve silence, let what will be said of me. " Do not court publie;ty I" that is, " let the publicity be all or, one side ; let us assert what we choose ; let us invent what we can ; let us pour out what venom and scurrility we please on your name, and do not you venture to deny the falsehood, or reply to the attack ; it is not fit the truth should be known, end if we can buily you into silence, we will." It is one of the many falsehoods in that long abusive article that I have courted publicity, or sought any sympathy but that of my family and friends, and the proof is, that to this hour no explanation of the very strange events which have cursed my name with painful notoriety, has beer. given to the world. I did not " court" the gross and public slander by which four or five unworthy plotters hoped to ob tain a temporary political triumph. I did not " court" the advertisement which day by day went forth in the public paper; ; nor the abuse and ribaldry which, by means of law reports and comments upon lam reports, has clung to my name wherever English newspapers are sent. 1 did not " ecurt" the vehement and tedious article in your Review, the abuse of its writer, or the assertions which it contains ; but since these things have fallen upon me ; since publicity i 3 to attach to me and my affairs ; since I cannot evade or escape from it ; since every editor of a Paper or a Review thinks he has a right to publish what he please. , tn con nexion with my name, I will at least so f:,r court publicity on the other hand, as to deny assertions which, were they true, would disgrace me. When that pompous article was written, and the utter inferiority of women commented on, it might have struck the writer that in proportion to the inforiority and helplessness of their position towards men, should be the ge nerosity and forbearance exercised towards them by men; it might have struck him, while he sneered at the l o gs of a mother parted from her child, and made assertions ite could not prove, that it was suffering enough to be so parteel, and to have youth blighted, and " life's life lied away," without his adding comments whose virulence and injustice would better have become a low newspaper squib than the discussion of a Parliamentary question in the pages of a work professing nobler ends, and bearing the motto—" In prituisoue hominis est propria veri inquisitio atque inve,tigatio." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CAROLINE NL;.CON, DREADFUL FIRE AT HEMIM HEMPSTED.— On Saturday last a dreadful fire occurred at the beautiful little town of petrel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. It ap. peers that on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, the ser vant of Dr. Hallet, a physician in the town, retired as usual to rest. It is supposed that he f t !'.l asleep before be got into bed, and that he kneeked the candle off the table, which set fire to the bed furniture. In a little time the conflagration burst out in an alarming manner, and the greater portion of the inhabitants were soon on the spot to render assistance, but their efforts were unable to check the progress of the devouring element, and the mansion was sue; 1 a heap of ruins. Engines were sent for frarn Arlindge Castle, Sir Astley Cooper's, and Qeneral Montague's, but they arrived too late to be of much service. It is impossible at present to give an exact account of the damage done, but it is supposed, an a rough calcula tion, that property to the anioqut of 20,000/. is destroyed. None of the property is insured. The body of Thomas Jack son, the servant, was dug out of the ruins. He was quite d ea d. A servant girl, named Mary Sharp, and the son of Dr. Hallet, a fine youth six years of age, are missing. It is greatly feared that they, too, have perished.—[W e have since learned from a correspondent, who yesterday made inquiries at Hemet iitimpst©d respecting the above occurrence, that there is no truth in the statement that three persons uvre burnt to death. So far from this being the ease, no one received the l east i n j ury, and Dr. Hallett, the gentleman whose house was burnt, has no son.] On Monday night a shoemaker named Steel, re• siding in Monmouth -street, attempted self-destruction by hang ing himself from th e b e d post. His daughter, a girl ten years of age, observing that he was about to suspend himself, screamed and endeavoured to leave the room, when the Wretched man 'made a stab at her with a large knife. Fortu nately she escaped the blow by darting underneath the table. Assistance being procured, it was found that in the interim the man had so far effected his purpcs as to be insei.slble. He lies at Charing-cross lioipital In a very rrecarintis state. An inquest was held yesterday at Fulham, ee the body of a girl named Kelly, late servant to Me. Wansborough, surgeon, at Fulham, who poisoned herself by taking a dose of arsenic. The only cvidenee es to the eatve which led the gill to destroy herself erns that of her aunt, who stated that de- Pen.eti bad complained to her of liming been left alone in house with her young master, who bad attempted to take li berties with her, a circumstance which he preyed greatly on her mind. Verdict—" Tenreolearl derangement. An adjovol 4 ed inquest was held yestetibY dock tAyBn, n4t,tiecl 4een, who was found dead in t he on the of` t. Mary llvery, FJoutliwerk, a short time ago under st s t p , t citing eiregfestances. After a lengthened investigat i o n , e jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," being of ow, nion that deceased bad fallen into the dock from ,tee nitwi t there being no sufficient barrier for , t he teNr-ito.F khassengers. THE CORN CROPS. The change in the weather is the mc st propitious that could be desired. We have a warm atm sphere -72 in the shade and 90 in the sun, and the mercury rising to " fair." The corn-fields in the districts round Dublin are already pierced by the sickle. This week, if fine, will enable the farmers to do wonders. The wheat stands beautifully erect, and there is ea appearance, so far, of any damage. —Dublin Pilot of Monday, The state of the weather, a matter of such all.impottant and engrossing consequence to the entire country, has, we regret to say, been anything but auspicious since our last publics ten. Friday morning was ushered in by a promising ray of sunshine, and up to two o'clock was singularly fine. About that hour, however, a heavy mist began to descend, and continued, ru lievedt only by some heavy showers, until about ten at night. The rain then commenced falling in torrents, and, as it abated little in its violence till towards morning, must have been highly destructive to the crops in this neighl:ourhood. The storms which have been so prevalent for some days have, however, quite subsided, and the wind, which was caatelly yesterday, has this morning come round to the westward. There has been no rain since day-break, and from ten o'clock there has been warm, ripening weather. As the beromt tar also gives indications of a favourable change of temperature, we hope matters may improve. As it is, great damage has, we fear, been done, but even at this late period any alteration for the better would enable much of the harvest, especially on the high grounds, to be got in uninjured.—Southern Reporter. In the west country generally both wheat and oats are RO w assuming the yellow hue, and if the weather only continue as it has been for the last eight days, the reaping of both these kinds of grain will commence in about a fortnight or three weeks hence ; but, from all appearance. the oats will be ripe fully as early as the wheat. Barley harvest in the west will be general next week ; while in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and other usually early places in the east, Barley will be about a week later. On the other hand, the Wheat harvest will commence in Mid-Lothian a week or ten days earlier than in the west country. Oats appear to be in about the same state ef forwardness in both districts referred to. From the Forth northward, through the agricultural districts of Aberdeenshire, the fields present the most abundant appearance; but towards the north the crops get gradually later ; and in the county last referred to, Oats—the principal kind of grain raised_. will be at least ten or fourte.en days later than in the West of Scotland.--Glasgow Chronicle of Monday, A farmer and his son, who reside in ale neighbourhood of Paisley, left this ten days age, and having landed at Belfast, travelled by the mail to Dublin, from that city te, - Enniskillen, and from the latter to Londonderry. T.l.,ey state that the wheat is above an average crop ; I . riat the oats look well ; and that barley and potatoes "' . ;l be a good crop. Flax excel iota, seldom better. altil sown in autumn, partly cut down, and the remainder rsady for tho sickle. The harvest in gene ral is not muelt more forward than in Renfrevrshire. If the weather prove favourable, there is a fair prospect of an shun dant crop.—Paisley Advertiser. The gladdening prospect which was stretched before our view has again been covered with gloom—the sanguine hopes which were entertained have been disappointed--for on Sabbath lap it again to rain heavily; —it has alto done the same to-day (Monday), and at present when we write there is no appearance of the weather becoming fair. This state of things is calculated to awaken strong anxiety in every reflect ing mind, and to fill it with rather melancholy forebodings ; but we do fondly trust that the weather will speedily become propitious, and thus that the crops will soon become white for Lrvest, and even be carried h , ,ne to the stack-yards. The barley crop, in general, has assumed autumn's tinge, and the same thing may, in certain instances, be said of oats, but wheat remains unchanged. A considerable quantity of mea dow hay was cut down during last week and put into small heaps. A portion of the rye-grass hay is still remaining in ricks in the fields, and if not carried home ere long to the stack -yards, it will become sadly deteriorated. We do hope that our prespnts, %Ilia, in the meantime, ',lre to a certain degree dark, will brighten, and ela tress lee tare among the different classes of society.—Dlmf:i es Times, The gloom which the few the return of h a l e weather, (1 2e'tt trays at the close of last week - spread among the agt.e - Iturists, was yesterday dispelled by generally ri and the carting of corn was earned. A considerable number of labourers have retu :ectl from Rochford and Deegie Hundreds, and the etauthern pelts of the county, to their own parishes in the rZoothings and more northern parts, where the heivest will become general in the course of the present week. —Essex Herald of yesterday. Reports from all parts of the county speak very favourably of the condition and quantity of the venous crops. Cutting corn is now becoming general throughout this extensive agri cultural district. —Lincoln Observer. GREAT METROPOLITAN DEMON STRATION IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER" AND THE ‘. NATIONAL PETITION." The Woking Men's Association have been making active preparations for some time past for getting up a Great Metro. politan Demonstration in favour of the People's Charter and the National Petition. About a fortnight ago they determined that it would be highly desirable to hold the meeting in that oldpolitical arena Palace-yard, as no impediment now existed —the Parliament and Courts of Law not being sitting. Ac cordingly a portion of the Association, belonging to West minster, got up a requisition to Francis Smedley. Esq., High Bailiff, requesting him to call a public meeting in Palace-yard on Monday, the 17th of September next, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to pass into a law (with such improve ments in its details as may be necessary) the outline of an A•zt of Parliament, ehtiticd the " People's Charter." This requisi'ion very respectably signed, nas presented to the High nailiEby a deputdtien from the requisitionists, and he, in the most liberal and courteous manner, aimed to call the meeting,•, and to preside himself on the occasion. From the general excitement throughout the country on the subject of this demonstration, we augur that it will be one of the most numerous meetings, and we hope the most orderly one that has ever been held in this metropolis. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIF, DAY.) DEAL, Auc. 28.—Win. S S W, fino.;.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the River the William "ta 4th, from Quebec; Na ples packer, from the llediteranean ; and the Rambler, Hael, from Cadiz. Sailed tb;:a morning the Dement, Riddell, for Hobart Town. Came down from the River the Wear, Bar rett, for Alieant ; Catherine and Elizabeth, Merrett, for Deme rara, and remain with the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, Auo. 28.—Wind S. E., fine.—Arrived the Ariadno, Lundberg, from Bahia. Sailed the Vile de Paris, for New Orleans; Mary Ann, Tarbut, for Madras. PLYMOUTH, AUG 28.—Wind E.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Athol, from Portsmouth, and sailed for Cork. Sailed the James Pattison, for Sydney, New South Wales; her Majesty's ship Columbine, for the East Indies ; Ronsanoil, Turnbull, for Quebec ; Newburgh, for Lisbon. R*4,llOElll, Aug. 27.—Wind variable, light breezes and fine. —Arrived the Malvina, B; tile, from Leghorn. Sailed the Braganza steamer for Vigo, Opoit, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib raltar. LIVERPOOL, Atm. 28.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the 13elgrave, Ravely, from Archangel ; Carl Gustave, Isbert, from Rostock ; and Haabet, from Copenhagen. Arrived off, the Aurora, from Apalachicola ; and Albion, from St. John's, New Brunswick, Sailed the Enterprise, for Miramichi ; Phenix, for Antigua; Catherine, M'Donald, for gichebucto ; Sarah, 'leiter, for Newfoundland; Alciope, Bennett, for Monte Video ; Alice, Knapp, for Virginia ; Melby, for Cerra; Duke of Gloucester, for Algiers; Propontis, for Boston ; Freedom, for Palermo ; and Ilope, 'for :Rotterdam. The Ebro bound to Havannah, has returned i❑to deck with 4.laage, having been in contact with the Franconia, for Boa. ton ; the latter proceeded. PENZANCE, AUG. 27 ....-.AreiVed the Hayle, Rosustow, frcm Pei nambueo, Tustimt, Alto, 27.—Arrived off, Dumfriesshire, Quebec. CLYDE. Ave. 26.—Arrived the Glengarry, M'Donald, from Tiarbadoes ; and Ariel, Bannerman, from St. John's, New Ilruns‘liek. WATE'RFORD, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Elio, Welch, from Newfoundland. CAMPRELTOWN, Aco. 26.—Arrivcd the Sally, Mitchell, from Archangel. SHIELDS, Acc. 27.—Arrived the Ann, Scott, from Arch angel ; Princess Victoria, Radford, from ditto ; Albion, Kidd, from St. Petersburgh ; Newburg, Burgess, from Pillau; arid Oustava Leopold, from Wolgast. DOVER, Auo. 28.—Arlived cff port, the Maguasha, Chase, from the Cape of Good Hope. Atm. 28.—Arrived the J. Gleame, Wachrnan, from Hamburg Crowley, Mather, from Archangel ; and Canton, Uunkerly, from St. Petershurgh. ALDBOROUGII, AUG. 28.--Arrived off port, the Ida, Hobbs, from St. Petersburgh ; and ficlons, from Memel. SWANSEA, AUG. 28.—Arrivcd off port, the Laing, Hud son, from Archangel. YARMOUTH, AUG. 28.—Arrived the John and Jane. David son, from Archangel. The Broughton, Stephenson, bound to St. Petersburg'', has put back to Shields I.,:aky, and must discharge. The Salem, Robertson, from Shields to London, was on RActir Sands, on the 25th inst. —crew and stores saved. The Adelaide, from Liverpool to Alicante, W 33 spoken on the 19th inst., in lat. 47 lon. 10; by the Fly from Figuera, on the 14th inst., lat 47, lon. 32. - The Malvina, Buckle, arrived at Falmouth, and spoke the Gertrude, from Gallipoli to Falmouth, on the Bth inst. off Cape de G att. The Nais, Gethine, arrived at Cork, spoke the Spruce, Aus tin, from Gallipoli to Cork ; on the 30;h ult.; by the Agita tor, from Belfast to Mira:Diehl, On the 24th inst. GkimsuY, Auo. 20.—The Jane, Finlay, from Shield; to Middleburg has been run on the mud, near this harbour, i n a ltdky state. , MILITARY INTELLIGEI:\ CE.—Lieut.-Col one l w. 1 , C. Ward has succeeded Captain Lewes, of the Royal En- Cork; and a draft, con ginecrs, in Limerick garrison. A detachment of the 77th Regiment, c onsisting of two sergeants and forty-four rank and to command of Lieutenant b totuckosn contradict l y afor report'Yalta, lvh i ch has fi , i !: t ; i n h g a have marched o, ent)m f r e d:: G un a d lt e v r ay Captain Steels has obtained treat S ,n; t t i t i c e i rt: credence, that any desertions had taken rit4eite(mr place eit, ‹ r in the Royal Marino Artillery or the battalion„, of r oyal Marines serving on the north coast of Spain • -1 h. of the Turkish gentlemen who have been so long ... '" tidying at Woolwich for artillerists have departed for Turl - - .". A STEP-MoTitER, —ey,as ern . cient etliTs. A farmer in the neighbour. of Boriiskoue L av i n , -, tcund a partridge's nest had the eggs removed arid pi- , - td under a brooding hen. The feathered step-raothcri . - “as now a half dozen of thriving young partridges ft l',/..w:- ...iig her abDut the field es fondly and attached as if they were so many chickens.